Nine Inch Nails & Soundgarden Kick Off Co-Headlining Tour

2 years ago

Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden are hitting the road together. They're both set to play the Pemberton Music Festival today in British Columbia before officially kicking off their co-headlining tour Saturday in Las Vegas.

It's been 20 years since the two '90s-era rock icons last shared a bill together at a gig in Toronto. Both acts had just released monumental albums - Nine Inch Nails' Downward Spiral and Soundgarden's Superunknown - and Trent Reznor called the concert a "professional showdown."

The joint outing was originally supposed to feature Death Grips in support. But the experimental hip-hop duo announced its breakup without warning earlier this month, leaving Reznor to question why he ever thought those guys "could keep it together." However, the trek now includes a trio of opening acts - Oneohtrix Point Never, the Dillinger Escape Plan, and Cold Cave.